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My friends 2010 Sportwagon - loaded with all the bells and whistles. Battery draw is 2.5 amps with everything turned off. It is a good battery and will last all night for starting the next morning, but will not go 24 hours. Something is drawing it down -- I placed my meter on the positive cable...

Turbo and Manifold I have a turbo and manifold that I would sell. It came off my totaled 2010 and has been stored in a box. The car was rear-ended and I pulled the engine and transmission. Sold both, but the guy did not want the turbo. Call me if interested - 810-845-0700 :D

99.5 Jetta 5speed --- my glow plug light on the dash keeps blinking at me when driving after the engine is warmed up. Figure that is probably some relay and I'm willing to fix it if it's not an arm and a leg cost wise. I disconnected the glow plugs this past summer and now that it is cold I...

Turbo No, I don't have access to a Vagcom. I really like the high boost I get under heavy throttle and still wonder if the turbo is suffering from the whine sound when shifting. Is that a possible overspeed that might take out the bearing? The car runs fine, the mileage is great and the added...

I only get the high boost when I'm hard on the throttle -- normal highway speeds I'm around 4 lbs boost. Runs fine, but I'm afraid I might overspeed the turbo and do harm to it. I replaced the turbo about 40,000 miles ago with new actuator and hoses. What and where is the N75 --- maybe that is...

Started making a whining sound this past winter when letting off the gas. I have also noticed my Scan gauge reading 32 to 36lbs boost -- (minus 14.7) under hard throttle. For a 240,000 mile late 99' Jetta it runs very well -- really well with 20 lbs boost. Still getting the 50mpg as always. I...

2000 Jetta - stock set-up. I have a scan gauge and when running on the freeway the car does pretty good at 60mph, but run it up to 70 all of a sudden you feel the power drop off --- I mean right now! I can maintain 70, but it takes lots of pedal and the gauge boost goes to 9-10psi (corrected)...

Sorry if I seemed a little short with my NASA comment, but I once before posted those numbers and some guy fell from the sky with comments about my "unreal numbers". I also assumed that most people know about the Scangauge -- it is a great tool. My wife improved her mileage by 20+% with the...

Thanks a lot ---- as you stated - "great post". I should be able to narrow it down now. Come to think of it I have noticed some added brake pressure lately --- vacuum hose replacement time!! ;)

As I said in my post - the reading is from my Scangauge and most high school kids would know that my "stock Jetta" isn't pushing 28-30 boost. For you NASA fellas out there -- the gauge starts at 14.7.

A couple of weeks ago I did a full throttle run in high gear with my 99.5 Jetta with the scangauge reading 28 to 30 boost. Doing fine and then the motor all at once lost boost and the motor quit pulling. I let off the throttle and slowly pushed the pedal back to the floor --- no boost, but the...

I got a little heavy on the foot the other day and held it WOT from 55 to 95 in high gear and a "pop" noise came from under the hood. I let up on the throttle and slowly got back into it. My Scangauge only read 18psi boost (-15), so I now only have 3psi boost and the motor is a dog. Drove home...

99.5 stick with 200,000 miles -- last few weeks I noticed the boost was down on the s-gauge and the motor didn't have the power. I was thinking a stone in the I-cooler or whatever -- well today the guess work ended. 70mph and the pedal went dead -- large cloud of smoke from the tailpipe. Pulled...

While traveling my water pump stopped working (bone stock ALH 5-speed) and lucky for me I caught it before overheating. Long story short -- I was on a time schedule and did not have time to find the best repair shop on the east coast. I got to a repair site (non-dealer --- which could be a good...

Jetta - 99.5 - 177,000 - 4sd. Sometimes after startup the engine will just stop - usually within a 1/2 mile. Pull over and try to start and it will not, but leave the key off for 3 minutes or more and it starts like new and runs fine. I just stored the car for 6 weeks and disconnected the...

Just a figure to throw into the pot ---- read your gallons per hour at WOT -- gallons X 18 = HP. This is a figure to estimate HP for diesel engines. Or stated another way --- one gallon will make 18 HP for one hour.

Camshaft If the inside of the engine is clean then oil changes should not be an issue. Your dealer is already starting to give you the shaft -- and I don't mean the camshaft!!! Asking for your receipts after looking at a clean engine is an insult and not taking your word for it is accusing...

I have a scan-gauge on my 99.5 5-speed and have recently noticed that the timing drops below "0" at low RPMs in gear ---- sometimes to -2. At idle it goes back to "0" and @ 4000 RPM in 3rd it will show 15 - 16 degrees. I am not looking to fix something that is not broken ---- I am just...

Low Sulfur Fuel I recently had a chat with a EPA fuel inspector and he told me that all the stations are getting the new 15ppm low sulfur fuel. He also stated that the US Gov. is not making the stations post the sticker until the station owners are sure that their tanks are purged of the old...

A/C Cover 99.5 Jetta -- I noticed that my A/C fan died and really had not worked for some time so I pitched it --- my A/C worked fine and it would blow cold on the hot summer days. I also noticed that the large hole in the rad cover where the fan attached would be a great place to cover over...